NASCAR Hauler in front of the Mercerdes-Benz Superdome

It wasn’t just the ULL Ragin Cajuns and the East Carolina Pirates that made the trip to New Orleans, LA for the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl! Our NASCAR race cars and hauler made the trip too, and were displayed proudly in front of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. They were there during the game, and they had a great view of Bad Company and Beach Boys for the Friday Night Concert. Drivers Wade and Nancy were able to enjoy the concert and the game before heading out to their next destination the following day. Can you see them here in the crowd?

Huge crowd at the Bad Company and Beach Boys pregame concert!

New Orleans, Louisiana

French Quarter in New Orleans

If you’ve never visited New Orleans you are in for a treat. The city is rich with history, culture, food, wonderful people and so much to do you’ll never stop moving! The French Creole architecture is unique to the Big Easy, and you’ll see plenty of examples as you walk through the French Quarter.

New Orleans is the largest city in Louisiana and a major freight transportation and shipping hub, as it straddles the Mississippi River to the Gulf. During your visit, you’ll see a steady parade of cargo ships moving down the river toward the port.

Home to this year’s Superbowl XLVII, you’ll get a sneak preview of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the city in our photo gallery. While we were there in December we observed how much rebuilding and beautification is taking place in preparation for the Superbowl. Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, events like Mardi Gras, the New Orleans Bowl and the Jazz and Heritage Festival were never cancelled.

Let’s hear it for the people of New Orleans – we never get tired of visiting there. If you’ve been to New Orleans for a sporting event or just as a tourist, let us know your favorite places to visit here in the comments!

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Our famous NASCAR race car hot dog lunch

Hot dogs. They are one of the reasons we like to travel the country with our NASCAR race car and hauler, feeding people dogs and spreading a little joy. A great thing about hot dogs is that they go well with everything. The famous Varsity Restaurant knows that. When you sell two miles of hot dogs and 300 gallons of chili A DAY, you are going to need to wash it down with something. That may be why they sell a record three million servings of another staple, Coca Cola, a year. Beer also goes well with hot dogs, and we visited a place that manufactures brewing supplies while we were in the Empire State of the South. Gold, which covers the capitol dome here, also goes well on hot hogs. That and our friends in this state have a skeleton in their closet. Have you guessed where we were this week yet?

Georgia. We figure after adding our 10 miles of hot dogs to the count (that’s right, 104,694 hot dogs = 10 miles) Georgia, or at least Atlanta, home of Coca Cola, should be famous for hot dogs now too.

We began our visit in Tucker, GA where we were received with excitement as we pulled into a business that manufactures industrial soap for car washes, truck washes and industrial laundries. Their soap is concentrated and they ship it nationally, perhaps even to that car wash you’re using this summer. Thirty people joined us for hot dogs and a tour of our NASCAR race car and hauler that day. They also, as you can see, enjoyed our hot dogs and chili lunch. Our hauler is always spotless whenever we pay a visit, but in this case we knew these folks would be checking us out so we paid extra attention to the shininess.

We traveled from there to an Alpharetta,GA ceramic tile manufacturer to serve another 30 guests. Alpharetta boasts a rich history, including its court house being burned down during the Civil War. After they thought all was lost they learned that a local doctor had managed to save the documents inside. He later billed the county $30 for their return. His name? Dr. Skeleton. Our illustrious friend eventually went on to become one of the wealthiest citizens of Milton county. Go figure.

Hot Dogs and Brewing Supplies

We ended our week in the capital city, Atlanta, where we visited a full service warehouse and wholesale distributor of ingredients and supplies to the home beer and wine industry. These folks operate in several locations across the country, importing and exporting from Canada and across the globe. One hundred percent of all perishable materials including all malts, hops and wine kits are stored under climate controlled conditions at all times. Our truckload shipping refrigerated division is a perfect solution for their temperature-controlled freight.

We mentioned the Capitol dome in Atlanta. It is layered in 43 oz. of pure gold mined in Dahlonega,GA, the site of America’s first gold rush. We also mentioned that gold goes well on hot dogs. One of the most expensive hot dogs in the world was sold for $1,500, and included premium ground beef, lobster tails, and a sprinkle of gold flakes on it. How many hot dogs do you think the dome could cover?

For us, we think mustard is just fine.

There you have it. We discovered a little bit of everything on our trek through Georgia. Wait to you see what we find on our next trip!

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